selfhelp: ([billy] seriously? you're calling a cab?)
William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) ([personal profile] selfhelp) wrote2012-12-13 09:38 am

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[Today is a good day for serious business, apparently. There's a certain something he's been putting off for a while, and after one-too-many dreams interrupting his sleep, he's had enough: this morning when Billy wakes up, the first thing he does is jot out a note in the journal-]

[Private to Ben Grimm]

Hey, would it be okay if I swung by to ask you a few things?

[He'll work through his morning routine until he gets a response, after which he'll go for a visit and get a hell of a lot more than he bargained for.

After that, his mood for the day is drastically altered; he'll skip out on school, trying to sort out his feelings on the matter. Tommy's still AWOL, and he's trying not to worry Teddy, but what he's just been told has really got him thinking- about people, and heroes, and the unfairness of mankind in general. And eventually he'll just go ahead and return to his journal for it. He's kind of in over his head here.]


[Open to All]

I know Luceti's full of heroes- seems kind of a standard trait for most of us, for whatever reason. Back on my world, super-humans aren't that uncommon, and in general they're revered for everything they do for the world. Some of them were born that way, and some of them are from other planets, and some were altered to get their powers, and some have a lot of talent or skill instead of powers. But they're all considered to be super heroes. There's bad guys, too- just as diverse and unique as the heroes they fight. People fear them and celebrate their defeat.

There's another group, though... humans who got their powers because of evolution. It's much more natural, in a lot of ways. Some are heroes, some are villains. Some are just trying to get by without becoming one or the other. But regular humans fear them, and hate them for it, even if they save the world just as much as the heroes they love. They're called criminals or monsters, no matter how innocent they might be.

[He hesitates- it's probably obvious to some, what he's talking about, and he's not sure if he should lock it from the mutant population, or apologize, or something, but it relates to them even if it's not by name. Hiding it wouldn't be right.

In the end he just leaves it be.]


...Sorry for the ramble. But it's not fair, and... I just can't understand why. Why hate one and love the other, when they're basically the same?
asthehawkflies: (Smug Grin)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-01-08 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...there was more than one terrible outfit? Geez, I'm just... apparently I'm the Hawkeye who got the fashion sense.
asthehawkflies: (Amused Smirk)

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[personal profile] asthehawkflies 2013-01-09 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'll bear that in mind. Make sure we have a good designer on hand. Do you think Dolce and Gabbana would do superhero costumes if we asked real nice?
touchofrogue: (Before the Shatter and the Fall)

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-01-09 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
If ya try to figure it out too much, you'll spoil it. Honestly. Just kick back and enjoy the ride.
z_jay: (Got a request)

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[personal profile] z_jay 2013-01-09 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, twins-- are you really as connected as people always claim twins to be?

[Oh, that last answer didn't blow him away because that would be hypocritical, but-- but it did make him frown consideringly. Not a bad consideringly, just a thoughtful quirk of his lips]

The guy with you for the pies. Your boyfriend? Huh...

[Smiles, sitting back]

That's... well, it's nice.

[Thinks about the implications of that for a moment, however]

No one's causing you distress over that, are they?
knightofratatosk: (Oops)

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[personal profile] knightofratatosk 2013-01-09 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
People keep comparing them to Pokemon. They do look a lot alike, and I recruit them to help fight with me, so I guess they're kind of the same thing?
ledbythewind: (Adorable Prince 2)

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[personal profile] ledbythewind 2013-01-09 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
That's still taller than several of my friends here. I wouldn't worry about it if you still have some growing left to do.
rashness: (Leap before you look)

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[personal profile] rashness 2013-01-09 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, really? I'd love to meet one, yeah!
complicatedliar: (calm)

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2013-01-09 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, you are improving. [Loki smiles slightly.] The time will likely come when something... advanced... is necessary. But I haven't found practice conducive to such things. Those times tend to be unique situations.
rocketpunch: (Nichijou)

[personal profile] rocketpunch 2013-01-09 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know. So, there I was, just wandering around...and all of a sudden, this giant hunk of metal crashes into the ground! I managed to haul most of it back to my place, and I used the stuff I found and started to build things.

A laptop is a portable computer, and an iPhone is a touch-screen cellphone from Earth, right? I've never seen 'em, but I know what they are.
touchofrogue: (The Smallest Smile of Innocence)

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-01-10 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, that's more like it!

Rogue will let them ride along for a bit, then pull to a stop beside a pond.]


So? Not bad, right?
complicatedliar: (being a motherfucking sorcerer)

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2013-01-10 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
This feeling, I understand. It is instinctive. Small things feel useless.

But great things have small beginnings. You will do yourself more good by perfecting your control and ability to react calmly, than straining yourself with great undertakings that will likely have no direct pertinence.
rashness: (Three's Company)

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[personal profile] rashness 2013-01-10 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah? Thanks, man.

[...] I'm Rin, if I didn't say that.
wildbluevagner: (wet but happy)

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[personal profile] wildbluevagner 2013-01-10 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He pauses before nodding.]

I think I see where you're coming from. I mean... my foster parents accepted me, but life there was so limited to me. And I think me being there was doing more harm than good. I didn't have this nifty watch yet, after all.

And the Institute wound up being where I belong, where I could connect with people like me. And protect them when I can. If you found something like that elsewhere... then that's good. After all, I don't think the Professor's goal is to just gather us all in the mansion. It's so that we can find the acceptance we have there... anywhere.
not_a_troll: (lets bro out)

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[personal profile] not_a_troll 2013-01-10 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Could this be one of those moments he should give a friend in need a reassuring hug? Loki contemplates it but decides not to do so.

He nods shortly.]


Aye!

[He gets up from the couch and pats Billy kind of awkwardly on his shoulder.]

Do not fret. You are doing fine as it is.

[After a small silence he adds:]

I really enjoy your company.

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